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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    AFTER UNKNOWN PERSON

    Archduke Maximilian of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Charlotte

    1887 copy after an original of 1857

    Carbon print | 23.3 x 18.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906680

    Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, later Emperor of Mexico (1832-67), and Charlotte, Archduchess of Austria, later Empress of Mexico (1840-1927), standing arm in arm, facing towards the camera. Photograph is a vignette.

    • Creator(s)

      After Unknown Person (photographer)

      Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (1832-67)
      Empress Carlota of Mexico (1840-1927)

    • 23.3 x 18.8 cm (image)

      28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

      29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

    • Archduke Maximilian of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Charlotte, 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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